Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

Engaging and Edifying...:

This mammoth undertaking called, The Songs that Saved Your Life is an ultra-detailed extremely meticulous look into the production of virtually every Smiths song in existence. It's simultaneously fascinating and annoyingly detailed.

How much you'll enjoy this book ultimately depends on the depth of your fandom and your interest in the Smiths' musical production.

The Songs that Saved Your Life is engaging and edifying, however, I wouldn't recommend it to everyone.

This book is not for you if:
1.... more info

Any thing is hard to find when you will not open your eyes:

Being a Smiths fan I thoroughly enjoyed this book and was engrossed from start to finish.It is interesting to know how the songs were inspired and what they were about because over the years some of these fact have been vague.Detail is spent on Morrisseys lyrics aswell as as each members influence and musical style.Description on studio techniques and Johnny Marrs guitar figures are all inspiring.The author writes in a sincere
straight forward way.

The essential Smiths Fan's reference guide!!!:

ROMANTIC AND SQUARE IS HIP AND AWARE
by Brier Random

NOW I KNOW HOW JOAN OF ARC FELT: I recently challenged myself to sit down with pen & paper and make a list of the truly great bands of my lifetime, bands that really made a difference in my life. After a few hours, I found myself staring at a sheet of paper with exactly one name scratched on it: "The Smiths".

I remember each step of my Smiths epiphany-- every detail of the first time I heard certain songs: Where I was, what I was wearing, how... more info

Similar Products:

Morrissey & Marr: The Severed Alliance by Johnny Rogan

Saint Morrissey by Mark Simpson

Morrissey's Manchester by Phill Gatenby

You Are The Quarry (Gatefold w/ DVD) from Sanctuary Records

The Smiths' Meat Is Murder (Thirty Three and a Third series) by Joe Pernice

?